YES! National Student Writing Competitionhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition
An opportunity for students to write for an audience beyond the classroom, and personally reflect on topics that can be transformational, even life-changing.

Winter 2017 National Student Writing Competition: Your Sacred Placehttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2017-national-student-writing-competition-your-sacred-place
Want a motivator to take your students' writing to a higher level? Here's an opportunity to write about something meaningful and for a bigger audience beyond the classroom. No publisher2016-10-27T07:00:00ZArticleFall 2016 National Student Writing Competition: Why Bother to Vote?http://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/fall-2016-writing-competition-why-bother-to-vote/fall-2016-national-student-writing-competition-why-bother-to-vote
Want a motivator to take your students' writing to a higher level? Here's an opportunity to write for a real audience, and the chance to get published by an award-winning magazine.No publisher2016-08-03T07:15:00ZArticleSpring 2016 National Student Writing Competition: What We Fearhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-what-we-fear
Want a motivator to take your students' writing to a higher level? Here's an opportunity to write for a real audience, and the chance to get published by an award-winning magazine.No publisher2016-05-09T07:30:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" Middle School Winner Deedee Jansenhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-middle-school-winner-deedee-jansen
Read Deedee's essay, "How Do You Spell: Afriad, Dislexsa, Faer," about how people's biases toward dyslexia can lock her in a cage, but having dyslexia can also be a blessing for seeing things differently. No publisher2016-05-09T07:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" High School Winner Clair Williamsonhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-high-school-winner-clair-williamson
Read Clair's essay, "A Different Kind of Relapse" about how her struggle with depression has motivated her to accept the love and kindness of those around her. No publisher2016-05-09T07:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" University Winner Dion Medinahttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-university-winner-dion-medina
Read Dion's essay, "Chronic Pain," about sacrificing an active lifestyle—and inheriting an unthinkable future—to manage avascular necrosis, a disease that causes bone to slowly die.No publisher2016-05-08T12:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" Powerful Voice Winner Jazmyn Bryanthttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-powerful-voice-winner-jazmyn-bryant
Read Jazmyn's essay, "A Serf in the Midst of Feudalism" about personally confronting racial injustice, and how necessary it is to act collectively for a reformed system. No publisherBlack Lives2016-05-08T11:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" Powerful Voice Winner Jonah Goldhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-powerful-voice-winner-jonah-gold
Read Jonah's essay, "A Future Me," about the challenge in balancing two different parts of himself, and his efforts toward becoming proud of the part he's less comfortable with.
No publisher2016-05-08T10:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" Powerful Voice Winner Nicole Reiberhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-powerful-voice-winner-nicole-reiber
Read Nicole's essay, "The Monster Within" about relationships and career opportunities in her life that have been lost because of her self-sabotaging behaviors, and how self-respect has helped her fight this monster.No publisher2016-05-08T09:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: "What We Fear" Literary Gemshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/what-we-fear-literary-gems
We received many outstanding essays for the Spring 2016 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we'd like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.No publisher2016-05-08T08:00:00ZArticleSpring 2016: Julie M. Elman's Response to "What We Fear" Essay Winnershttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/spring-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/julie-m-elmans-response-to-what-we-fear-essay-winners
Julie M. Elman responds to the winners of our Spring 2016 Student Writing Competition.No publisher2016-05-08T07:00:00ZArticleWinter 2016 National Student Writing Competition: Every Girl's Righthttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2016-student-writing-competition-every-girls-right
Want a motivator to take your students' writing to a higher level? Here's an opportunity to write for a real audience, and the chance to get published by an award-winning magazine. No publisher2016-03-15T08:30:00ZArticleWinter 2016: "Every Girl's Right" Middle School Winner Dakota Clinehttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/every-girls-right-middle-school-winner-dakota-cline
Dakota Cline is a middle school student at Horizons K-8 in Boulder, CO. He read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article, "Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and Kept Going to School," an interview with Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, the two friends of Malala who were also shot on the bus by the Taliban in 2012. Read Dakota's essay, "To Say 'Nah'," about the one thing he, Malala, and Rosa Parks all share: the drive to rebel. No publisher2016-03-15T08:20:00ZArticleWinter 2016: "Every Girl's Right" High School Winner Hamna Khalidhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/every-girls-right-high-school-winner-hamna-khalid
Hamna Khalid is a junior at Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, NJ. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and Kept Going to School," an interview with Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, the two friends of Malala who were also shot on the bus by the Taliban in 2012. Read Hamna's essay, "Education: Every Girl's Haq (Right) to Make Her Voice Heard," about amplifying the voices of those who have been less fortunate than her to receive a good education. No publisher2016-03-15T08:10:00ZArticleWinter 2016: "Every Girl's Right" University Winner Kelsi Belcherhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2016-student-writing-competition-winners/every-girls-right-university-winner-kelsi-belcher
Kelsi Belcher is a freshman at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article "Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and Kept Going to School," an interview with Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, two friends of Malala who were also shot on the bus by the Taliban in 2012. Read Kelsi's essay, "A Mother's Motivation," about how struggles through her adolescence presented her with a most precious opportunity.No publisher2016-03-15T08:00:00ZArticle